Data Scientist Jobs at ByteDance with Visa Sponsorship
ByteDance hires Data Scientists across recommendation systems, ads, content understanding, and trust and safety teams. The company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for this function, making it a realistic target if you're on an H-1B, E-3, or similar visa pathway.
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San Jose
Team:
Technology
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code:
A185326
Responsibilities
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.
Team Introduction: Data AML is ByteDance's centralized Machine Learning Platform, providing training and inference systems for recommendation, advertising, search, live-streaming, e-commerce for businesses such as TikTok ecosystem. It provides powerful Machine Learning computing power to internal business units within the company and conducts research on some general and innovative algorithms for issues in these businesses. At the same time, it also provides some core capabilities of Machine Learning and Recommender systems to external enterprise customers through Volcano Engine. In addition, AML also conducts some cutting-edge research in fields such as AI for Science and scientific computing.
Topic Content: Large-scale recommendation systems are being increasingly adopted across products such as short-video, text-based multimodal, and image platforms, with modality-specific in tremendous laying an ever-growing role in recommendations.
Leveraging our latest research breakthroughs and broad industry insights, we believe modality information serves effectively as generalizable features to support recommendation and other business scenarios. Research on ultra-large-scale multimodal recommendation systems holds significant potential.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S):
- Individuals who are completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Research background in ML/AI, with a focus on inference optimization, model acceleration, or efficient ML systems.
- Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Python.
- Problem-solving skills, self-driven learning mindset, and effective communication.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION(S):
- Demonstrated ability to translate research into practical system implementations.
- Experience (academic or practical) in areas such as advertising or recommendation systems, search, distributed systems, or big data processing.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
-
Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
-
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
-
Exercising sound judgment.
About us
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
Why Join ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life – a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Reasonable Accommodation
ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
Location:
San Jose
Team:
Technology
Employment Type:
Regular
Job Code:
A185326
Responsibilities
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2027. As a graduate, you will get opportunities to pursue bold ideas, tackle complex challenges, and unlock limitless growth. Launch your career where inspiration is infinite at our Company.
Successful candidates must be able to commit to an onboarding date by end of year 2027. Please state your availability and graduation date clearly in your resume.
Team Introduction: Data AML is ByteDance's centralized Machine Learning Platform, providing training and inference systems for recommendation, advertising, search, live-streaming, e-commerce for businesses such as TikTok ecosystem. It provides powerful Machine Learning computing power to internal business units within the company and conducts research on some general and innovative algorithms for issues in these businesses. At the same time, it also provides some core capabilities of Machine Learning and Recommender systems to external enterprise customers through Volcano Engine. In addition, AML also conducts some cutting-edge research in fields such as AI for Science and scientific computing.
Topic Content: Large-scale recommendation systems are being increasingly adopted across products such as short-video, text-based multimodal, and image platforms, with modality-specific in tremendous laying an ever-growing role in recommendations.
Leveraging our latest research breakthroughs and broad industry insights, we believe modality information serves effectively as generalizable features to support recommendation and other business scenarios. Research on ultra-large-scale multimodal recommendation systems holds significant potential.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S):
- Individuals who are completing or recently completed a PhD in Software Development, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Research background in ML/AI, with a focus on inference optimization, model acceleration, or efficient ML systems.
- Experience in programming, included but not limited to, the following programming languages: C, C++, Java or Python.
- Problem-solving skills, self-driven learning mindset, and effective communication.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION(S):
- Demonstrated ability to translate research into practical system implementations.
- Experience (academic or practical) in areas such as advertising or recommendation systems, search, distributed systems, or big data processing.
Job Information
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Annually)
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $212800 - $450000 annually.
Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
-
Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
-
Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
-
Exercising sound judgment.
About us
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
Why Join ByteDance
Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life – a mission we work towards every day.
As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.
Diversity & Inclusion
ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
Reasonable Accommodation
ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request
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Tailor your portfolio to ByteDance's core products
ByteDance's Data Scientist roles typically center on recommendation algorithms, ads ranking, and large-scale user behavior modeling. Frame your project work around these domains before applying, not after. Generic ML portfolios get screened out early.
Clarify your visa category before the offer stage
ByteDance sponsors multiple visa types, and the one filed for you affects your timeline significantly. If you're Australian and eligible for the E-3, flag that early so the recruiting team routes your paperwork correctly from the start.
Align your application timing with H-1B cap season
If you need an H-1B and aren't currently in valid status, your start date is constrained by the October 1 fiscal year cap. Time your interview process so an offer can be in hand before the April USCIS registration window opens.
Verify your LCA wage level matches your actual scope
ByteDance files Labor Condition Applications through DOL that specify a prevailing wage level. If you're negotiating a senior individual contributor role but the LCA is filed at Level 1, that mismatch can complicate both your offer and your visa petition.
Use Migrate Mate to filter ByteDance Data Scientist openings by visa type
Not every ByteDance Data Scientist posting is attached to active sponsorship for every visa category. Search Migrate Mate to surface roles specifically tagged for the visa type you hold or are targeting, then apply directly through the job listing.
Prepare for technical screens that reflect production-scale systems
ByteDance's Data Scientist interviews frequently test experimentation design, causal inference, and metrics frameworks, not just modeling. Review A/B testing methodology and product sense scenarios alongside your SQL and Python prep.
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Does ByteDance sponsor H-1B visas for Data Scientists?
Yes, ByteDance sponsors H-1B visas for Data Scientist roles. The company participates in the annual USCIS H-1B cap registration process, so if you need a new H-1B, your start date will depend on the lottery outcome and the October 1 cap year. If you already hold H-1B status with another employer, ByteDance can file an H-1B transfer without waiting for a new cap slot.
How do I apply for Data Scientist jobs at ByteDance?
Applications go through ByteDance's careers portal, where Data Scientist roles are listed by team and product area. You can also browse active ByteDance Data Scientist openings filtered by visa type on Migrate Mate, which helps you identify postings that align with your specific sponsorship situation before you invest time in the application process.
Which visa types does ByteDance commonly use for Data Scientist roles?
ByteDance sponsors H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 visas for Data Scientist positions, along with EB-2 and EB-3 immigrant visa categories for longer-term sponsorship. H-1B is the most common pathway for international candidates. E-3 applies exclusively to Australian citizens and offers a simpler process with no annual lottery. H-1B1 is available to citizens of Chile and Singapore under specific treaty arrangements.
What qualifications does ByteDance expect for Data Scientist roles?
Most ByteDance Data Scientist positions require a bachelor's degree at minimum in statistics, computer science, mathematics, or a closely related quantitative field, with a master's or PhD preferred for research-oriented tracks. Beyond credentials, expect strong SQL, Python, and experimentation design skills. Roles focused on ads or recommendation systems also weight product sense and causal inference methodology heavily in the interview process.
How long does visa sponsorship typically take once ByteDance extends an offer?
Timeline depends on the visa category. For the E-3, consular processing in Australia generally runs two to four weeks from interview to visa issuance. H-1B transfers for candidates already in status can be filed with a same-day start under portability rules. New H-1B cap cases require waiting until October 1 of the relevant fiscal year. USCIS premium processing is available on H-1B petitions for a 15-business-day adjudication window.
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